Background: Terms such as 'clinical intuition'have often been applied to the practice of
speech and language therapy. Various authors have aimed to make the process of therapy …

A university speech and language therapy clinical learning experience was evaluated. A
group of postgraduate pre‐registration speech and language therapy students were placed …

Background Placements are a core component of learning within speech and language
therapy (SLT) undergraduate and postgraduate university programmes. They facilitate the …

This paper reports the pilot of a new technique for the development of students' clinical skills.
A bank of simulated clients was used in the teaching of generic clinical skills to two groups of …

Objective It can be difficult to identify specific skills to improve communication, particularly if
feedback is generalised or vague. With the aim of providing specific feedback for improved …

Background: Reflective practice is reported to enhance clinical reasoning and therefore to
maximize client outcomes. The inclusion of targeted reflective practice in academic …

During the development of speech and language therapy as a profession, several core texts
have been written about professional education as a specific subject (Stengelhofen, 1993; …

Jannet A. Wright, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Human Communication Science,
University College, London, and Jackie Graham, Advisory Teacher, Hertfordshire …

Qualitative methods were used to investigate the processes of data collection by 7 speech–
language pathology students in their first or second semester of clinical training, through …

Background: Research into the practices of speech–language therapists in clinical sessions
is beginning to identify the way communication in clinical interactions both facilitates and …